Tuticorin engineer develops software for remote controlling

By S. Dorairaj

TUTICORIN, SEPT. 26. Can an expert sitting in his office room in any part of the globe operate and control the devices of an industry established in a remote area in Tamil Nadu?

A Tuticorin-based electronics engineer, Mr. R. Resington, not only avers it is possible through the Internet but also claims that he has indigenously developed a software with security checks. As many as 1.67 crore parameters can be controlled simultaneously with the system and the cost involved is much lower than the ISD charges, he says.

Giving a demonstration on the efficacy of the software, `E-Ctrl' (E-Control), here on Sunday evening, the young engineer showed how a table fan, an electric motor and a tape-recorder kept in a conference hall of a hotel in the town were operated by a person from Boston (U.S.) through the Internet in ``less than a second access time.''

This system ``is applicable to all industries where electronics is used.'' They include medical, pharmaceutical, chemical, shipping and cinema industries, besides atomic, hydro, thermal and wind power stations. Banks, treasury, power distribution can be covered.

The strength of `E-Ctrl' lies in the facilities offered by it, he says. Under the system, experts can handle the devices in any part of the world effortlessly from their home, saving travel time and fuel. The expenditure on overheads can be brought down without affecting the employment of personnel and hazardous industries located in remote, uninhabited areas so as to protect the environment, Mr. Resington explains.

Born in a middle class family, the 28 year-old engineer's taste for inventions in the field of electronics dates back to his school days. He hit the headlines in 1990, inventing a cost- effective, boosterless television antenna. His creation of the ``electronic wife,'' two years later, which automatically operated an alarm-cum-music system, water heater and coffee- maker, won the appreciation of many.

The minimum hardware requirements for the E-Ctrl system include a Pentium I-100 MHz, 32 MB Ram, 100 MB Hard Disk Free Space, 56 KBs Modem, the public switching telephone network (PSTN) or the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) line and Hardware Device controller (custom). Windows 95/98/Me meets the software requirement.

The `host mode', `guest mode', `host online', `guest online', `non-dedicated server', `check mail' and `send mail' are the components. The `security screen helps the `host' ascertain whether the `guest' is registered with the company or not. The ``controlling data'' from the client will be received by the `host' and then be processed to do the necessary operations in the server.

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